The conference we will host in July 2008 will explore the family and its social place in the context of a desire to remedy problems of gender. It will reflect on the capacity of regulation (of both family life and other social activities - like work, sport and leisure, politics, health care, the environment, corporate management, education, entertainment, consumer interests, and others) to foster change in our perceptions of gender. It will also attempt to develop our understanding of what society - and the law - can do to enhance the responsibility that we believe should arise out of family relationships.

The conference will be held on the University's Campus in the beautiful Sussex Downs, just outside of the seaside city of Brighton from 10 - 12 July 2008.

The final deadline for proposals is 30 April 2008 (and decisions on those proposals will be communicated to authors by 31 May 2008).

For more information, please visit http://www.sussex.ac.uk/law/1-4-9-1.html